<p>@SpaceXdude Yea, that article isn’t accurate. They most likely misinterpreted U-M’s announcement that it was no longer only counting core classes and excluding freshman year as some announcement that they stopped recalculating in its entirety. They definitely still recalculate if an unweighted GPA isn’t clearly listed on the transcript.</p>
<p>If you want to be chanced, you should definitely make a new thread. I’m not really a fan of these giant communal threads.</p>
<p>Alright, thanks. I shall. </p>
<p>Though, if they no longer accept Freshman year, does that mean my GPA is invalid? Should I do some recalculating?</p>
<p>@SpaceXdude I actually meant that they stopped excluding freshman year. They definitely include it currently.</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:3.87
[ *] Rank: 1/502
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): 200+ hrs volunteering, Student government, varsity sport, board position on religious club, National Honor Society, Tutoring, Shadowing a doctor, National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar w/ Distinction
[ *] Essays: Decent
[ *] Teacher Recs: Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): none
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: MI
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] major strength/weakness: B in calculus. A’s in pretty much everything else
[ *] Other Factors/questions: I’m worried that my B in calc will screw me over</p>
<p>^ You’re in. Don’t worry about the B in Calc.</p>
<p>Hey guys so my SAT score is 1960. (1300 just math and CR). My weighted GPA is 4.03 and my unweighted GPA is 3.76. So far I have taken 3(and i am currently taking one more) AP classes. AP Chem- 5 on the AP test. AP calc- 5 on the AP test. APUSH- 4. Also I got a 31 on the ACT
Extra curriculars
Part of the Model United Nations
Worked at McDonald’s for a year
Volunteered to help recently rehabilitated drug users re-learn math and english.
Taken 3 classes in a community college( 1 B 2 A’s)
Will I get into Michigan?
Also I am technically a minority
Thank You guys</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA and Ross pre-admission
[ *] ACT: 32 (E34 M35 R32 S25)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:4.0
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.):8 APs, took “accelerated” or "challenge classes whenever possible - my school doesn’t have honors
[ *] Rank: 7/373
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):broadcast - president ( really into, should win some national awards this year), FMP - director of transition, NHS, junior and senior exec, play competitive hockey year round, a Capella
[ *] Essays: will be stellar. I really love Michigan and should be able to convey that in my essays.
[ *] Teacher Recs: will be great.
[ *] Counselor Rec: we’ll see…
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):sort of a legacy. My sister is a sophomore and I’ve had a few aunts and uncles attend.
[ *] State or Country:Missouri
[ *] School Type: public (highly ranked in Missouri)
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender:male
[ *] Other Factors/questions:could you guys let me know separately what my chances would be for LSA and Ross? Thanks!</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering (Chemical)
[ *] SAT (one sitting): 2170, but I am taking it again and anticipate improving
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): 780 Chem, 790 Math II
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.0, weighted 4.525
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): All honors in 9th; all honors and AP Euro (score: 4) in 10th; AP USH (4), Chem (5), Stats (5), Lang (5), and French (4) in 11th; AP Calc BC, Lit, Psych, Dual Enrollment Physics and Argument through the University of Pittsburgh, independent study in French because I exhausted my school’s French curriculum in 12th (I’m currently a senior)
[ *] Rank: 1/371
[ *] Other stats: Honor Roll, School department awards, AP Scholar with Distinction, anticipate being recognized by the National Merit people
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): competitive dancer, competitive figure skater, learn-to-skate instructor, regular volunteer at my church since 2007, NHS, Student Government, Mock Trial (captain for the past two years)
[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Graduate of the FBI National Academy Associates’ Youth Leadership Program-spent a week at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA; was one of 60 students nationwide chosen to attend
[ *] State or Country: PA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Planning to apply EA</p>
<p>This is my first post about chances. Any feedback would help!</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):
[ *] SAT: 2000 (700 Math 630 Reading 670 Writing)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.75, 4.34 Weighted
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
[ *] Essays:Good
[ *] Teacher Recs:Great
[ *] Counselor Rec:Great
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Legacy
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Florida
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] major strength/weakness: Great extra curric., low sat
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>RedWingsFan - low match for LSA, reach for Ross
SineSquaredX - you’re in
shoost - high match</p>
<p>Chance me please? :)</p>
<p>Post your chances here (it’s easier than having 15 different chances threads). Good luck!</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: 2170
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): N/A
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.0
[ *] Rank: 1/60
[ *] Other stats: Only 1 AP because its all my school offers (I got a 5 on the exam). And only 3 honors for the same reason. However, my school offers dual enrollment courses and I took as many of those as possible. I took the hardest courses available at my school.
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
6 years marching band, all-county and all-district trombone player, Section leader for 2 years. Captain of Scholastic bowl team 2 years, starter for 3, all-district and took the team to 5th in state. Varsity tennis 1 year. 7th in state forensics, 2nd in region, 1st in district (extemporaneous speaking). Beta club for 5 years. Lots of volunteer hours. Member of the altar guild and web page committee at a church. Worked at Arby’s for 6 months.
[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Should be great
[ *] Counselor Rec: Should be good.
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): N/A
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Virginia
[ *] School Type: Small (~300) public.
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: strengths are test scores and GPA. Worried about course load and EC’s.
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Applying EA</p>
<p>@brouker
You should be a match.</p>
<p>Chance me?</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] ACT:33
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:3.84
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 6 APs 2 IBs 4 Honors
[ *] Rank: Top 20%
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): 4 Years a member and 2 years an officer(activities director and Vice President) of Students Against Destructive Decisions. about 90 hours of volunteer work. Producer of my schools television news network, Student Director/ crew head for 8 school plays. member of drama club. I worked as a lifeguard 35 hours a week during the summer. Worked at cold stone creamery for 10 months over the course of my junior year Awarded my Varsity Academic Letter as well as the varsity award for theatre. Member of the international thespian society. Awarded several Awards of Merit from the Michigan interscholastic press association. Thinking of possibly majoring in communication
[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Should be great
[ *] Counselor Rec: should be good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Legacy-Both My parents are alumni and my sister currently attends
[ *) Location/Person:Novi
[ *] State or Country:Michigan
[ *] School Type: Large. 490 in graduating class. High ranked school district
[ *] Ethnicity:White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: I think my ACT is pretty good and I have a pretty strong course load. My major problem I think will be my GPA. My grades took a dip my junior year so I am afraid they will see that and think I am going to continue to decline
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Thinking of doing EA but wondering if I should wait to prove with my this semester grades that I am not continuing to decline</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):Ross PA
[ *] SAT:2050 (cr620,M770，WR660) Jan, 1990 (cr590, M720,WR680) in Jun
will retake in Oct. Hope to get 2150-2200
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):Math2 770, Chem 740
[ *] ACT:
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:4/4
[ *] Rank:my school doesn’t rank
[ *] Other stats:6 APs and 5 on four subjects. I will graduate with 9-10 APs
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):outstanding. I start a national organization help students in my country to study in US by selling magazines, giving lectures and posting on social website. I have 15-20 member schools in my country and serve more than 1500 students. I do lots of marketings for citibank, (summer intern+additional rec) and one program for Cornell U in my country.
Captain of swimming team
A vocation experience in United Nation in Geneva
Several school events+volunteer works
[ *] Essays:should be pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recs:good-excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec:decent
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person:international
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:public
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] major strength/weakness:EC strength, test scores weakness
[ *] Other Factors/questions: is EC important for Umich?</p>
<p>I badly want to get in to UMich and Ross, please chance me!</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Ross
[ *] SAT: 2100
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Math II (790), Physics (780)
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.0
[ *] Rank: Top ~7%
[ *] Other stats: AP English Lang (4), AP Physics B (5), taking AP Physics B, AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP French, AP Gov, AP Macroeconomics
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
4 years and captaincy in both winter and spring varsity track. I am my class secretary. 3 years media club. 4 years community service club. 2 years DECA and French Honor Society. 1 year NHS and Business Honor Society.
[ *] Essays: Good:
[ *] Teacher Recs: Should be good
[ *] Counselor Rec: How should I know?
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): N/A
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: New York
[ *] School Type: Highly regarded public school (about 400 a class)
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Great GPA and ACT. Trying to improve SAT. No extraordinary ECs.
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Applying EA</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT (one sitting): Math: 690 Writing: 720 Reading: 650
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Math II 800 Chem: 690
[ *] ACT: Taken. Waiting for score, expecting above a 30
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.9
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): Transfer Student from Canada so my school did not allow me to take AP course since I did not have the prerequisites for them. Will have taken: AP Biology, Calc AB, and Psych in Senior Year
[ *] Rank:School Doesn’t Rank
[ *] Other stats:none
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Again, transfer student who was adopted by aunt due to family issues
[ *] Essays:Pretty Good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Will be good, have a good relationship with both teachers
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):none
[ *) Location/Person: Palo Alto
[ *] State or Country:California
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Very hard worker (skipped two math lanes to get into Calc AB after they put me into Alg2/TrigA as a junior), leader (board member of 4 clubs 2 Pres, 2 VP)
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>EC’s: I play 7 instruments, Captain of Frisbee Team, Played Varsity Football for 3 years, Swam for 2 years, Volunteer at the VA hospital, the Ronald McDonald House at Stanford, intern a local non-profit, was a radiology assistant over the summer. Board Member of 4 clubs as mentioned above. Youth Group leader at Church and Worship Band Leader also. </p>
<p>Honors: Presidents Honor Society for 2 years (in Canada), Presidents service Award (bronze).</p>
<p>College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT (4 sitting): Math: 710 Writing: 660 Reading: 630</p>
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<p>[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.9
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): AP Calc BC AP Physics b APcomputer science a AP biology AP us History AP English
[ *] Rank:47/350
[ *] Other stats:none
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): National Honor Society
Member of 3 clubs
Founder and president of one.
Medical Internship Senior Year.
450 hours volunteering at a retirem
[ *] Essays:Pretty Good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Pretty Good
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):none
[ *) Location/Person: Palo Alto
[ *] State or Country:North Carolina
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:Male</p>
<p>This thread is full of obvious Michigan matches. Even obvious Ivy matches, like SineSquaredX.</p>
<p>@alopez14 And then there’s me!</p>
<p>[ *] College: Dual degree w/ Stamps Art & Design and LSA
[ *] ACT: 24 (28 E, 26 M, 21 R, 21 S)
Retaken in September, waiting for scores.
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.55
[ *] Course load: No APs are available, but I take all honors academic courses and multiple advanced art courses
[ *] Rank: top 20%
[ *] Other stats: none
[ *] Subjective: low income family, first generation student. ECs: 300+ hours of community service, 3 work experiences/ current part-time job, 2 years girls varsity volleyball team captain, 4 years president of art club, 1 year vice president of 4H club, 1 year sergeant at arms for student government, 1 year assistant stage manager for theater department, 2 year dance club member
[ *] Essays: Passionate. Pretty Good.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Art rec is pretty good. My art teacher formerly taught at one of UMich’s feeder schools and is the parent of a Stamps student. Academic rec is from a Michigan alum and is pretty good.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Great!
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Award winning artist?
[ *] Location/Person: Detroit!
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Underprivileged school, Performing arts academy
[ *] Ethnicity: I identify with African American
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] major strength/weakness: 3rd highest ACT score in school, but low rank. Great extra currics, very well rounded
[ *] Other Factors/questions: I only know a handful of detroit students that have been accepted to UMich with about 22 ACT composites but higher GPAs. They all were accepted through the summer bridges program</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA (CMB/BME and Physics)</p>
<p>[ *] SAT: Have yet to take. Should get 2300+. </p>
<p>[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Will take Math Level 2, Chem, and Bio:M.</p>
<p>[ *] ACT: 35</p>
<p>[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.67 currently. After Sem 1, 3.72.</p>
<p>[ *] Rank: No rank. </p>
<p>[ *] Other stats: Will graduate with 13 APs. AP Scholar Awards. Magna Cum Laude - 9th Grade. Debate awards. Science Olympiad States. Taking Chem 210 and Bio 305 at UofM (Sem 2). </p>
<p>[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Debate Co-Captain (11-12), ACTION Captain (11), Key Club LT. Gov (12), Private Tutoring (10-11), Mentoring (10-12), Science Olympiad, Quiz Bowl, NHS, Student Council, Tennis (9-11; Varsity-10), Research at UofM! </p>
<p>[ *] Essays: Should be good. </p>
<p>[ *] Teacher Recs: Excellent. AP Biology and Latin. </p>
<p>[ *] Counselor Rec: Should be great. </p>
<p>[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): I have an MCard. In-State. </p>
<p>[ *) Location/Person: Lansing</p>
<p>[ *] State or Country: Michigan</p>
<p>[ *] School Type: Public</p>
<p>[ *] Ethnicity: Indian (Asian)</p>
<p>[ *] Gender: Male</p>
<p>[ *] Major strength/weakness: </p>
<p>Strengths: Research at UofM. Hope to have my paper completed and in review for publishing by end of Senior year. Taking classes at UofM. Will focus my app on my research and my work with kids (tutoring/mentoring).</p>
<p>Weaknesses: Bad Sophomore year. Upward trend since. EC’s seem mediocre, but I’ve contributed to each greatly. I’m not the best writer. </p>
<p>[ *] Other Factors/Questions: I’m not sure if I should apply EA or RD. If I apply RD, I could elaborate on my research; I could have an abstract ready by February, but not November. I’ll already be taking classes at UofM before the RD deadline. Also, my GPA will be 3.72 if I apply RD. Not really sure what to do and I don’t have much time!</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>